Valve.



G. W. WARD. VALVE. APPLIOATION PILEDJAN. 19, 1912.

' 1,062,064. Patenteama'yze, 1913.

/ AUDI PQE VALVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

CHARLES W. WARD, OF HANCOCLK, MICHIGAN.

Patented May eo, 1913.

' 4Application led January 19, 1912. Serial No. 672,200.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WARD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Hancock, in. the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, -have inventedcertain new and useful Improve ments in Valves, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to valves of that type`in which the straight-way passage is formed through the valve case which is closed by a peripherally actuated pivotal gate valve.

It is the object of the invention to `ob tain a simple construction `and one in which the packing is automatically effected, thereby preventing leakage.

In the drawings,-Figure l is a cross section through the valve; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough.

A is a cast metal casing whichis cored to form therein a segmental chamber B for receiving a disk gate valve C. The top of this casing is provided with an opening of suiicient area for the insertion of the valve C therethroughpand this opening is closed by a cap casingl D which also forms the housing for a rotary stem E having a worm F formed on the central portion thereof. This worm is engaged with the cap casing through an aperture at one end thereof and which is closed by a plug cap G. At the oppositelend of the cap casing is a packing gland H which surrounds the stem E, the latter being provided with a thrust bearing collar I engaging a bearing J on the casing. At the opposite end of the stem is a collar portion K which ts in the machined end of the case and abuts against the plug cap Gr. The worm F on the stem engages 'a corresponding worm gear L formed in the periphery of the gate C and the latter is pivoted upon a pin M.

The casing A is further provided with central cylindrical portions N and O on opposite sides of the chamber portion and through which a straight-way passage 4I is formed, the portion N is threaded or otherwise adapted for attachment with the conduit in which the valve is located and the portion O is provided with a cap Q having a similar thread or attachment means. The portion O is boredv for the reception of a packing gland R formed integral with the `cap Q and the bore is of suiicient diameter to receive the seat fittings for the valves. One of these seatiittingsS engages a machined recess in the portion N and forms an annular seat having its 'ends in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the bore. The opposte seat fitting T is sleevedupon the end of the gland It and is of a diameterto lit the bore in the portion O.

U is a. metallic packing ring sleeved upon the 'gland'R, and V is a fibrous packing interposed betweenv the ring U and the bearing T. v

W is a spring surrounding the gland R and within the bore of the portion O, the outer end of said spring abuttingl against the cap Q. This cap Q is secured by cap bolts X or other suitable means to the'main case and the flange of the cap 1s of sutlicient l .area to cover the bore through which the pin M is inserted to ormapivot for the valve C.

,With the construction as described the valve C bears against the annular seat S against which it is pressed when the valve is" closed. On the other side of the valve the annular member T is held in gas tight conltact by the tension of the spring W, which spring also places sufficient pressure upon the fibrous packing V to prevent leakage around the member T. The valve thus constructed may be used continuously without requiring adjustment or repacking as the spring W will at all times take up the wear and hold the packing so as to form a gas tight oint.

What I claim as my invention is,--

1. A valve comprising a casing having a straightway passage formed therethrough and a transversely'extending chamber open at one side, of a seat bushing insertible through one end of said straightway pas sage and having a bearing on the opposite side of said transverse chamber, a gate valve in said chamber bearing against said seat, a seat bushing on the opposite side of said gate valve and bearing thereagainst, a bushing on which said last-mentioned seat bushing issleeved, a packing gland thereon, and resilient means for constantly pressing upon said packing gland and last-mentioned seat bushing. f.

2. A valve comprising an integral casing having a straightway passage formed therethrough and a transversely extending chamber open at one end, al seat bushing insertible through one end of said straightway passage and having a bearing therein on the opposite side of said transverse charnber` -a gate valve 1n saidl chalnloer` bearlng against said bushing, a seat bushing bearing4 against the opposite face of said valve, a bushing secure to the outer end of said straightway'passage, a spring surrounding said bushing and located inan enlarged portion of said straightway passage, and a packing gland surrounding said fixed bu'shing against which said spring bears, the pressure on said packing gland also operating upon said last-mentioned seat bushing.

3. A valve comprising an integral casing having a straightway passage formed therethrough and a transversely extending chamber open at. one side, a seat bushing insertible through one end of said straightway passage and having a hearing on the opposite side of said transverse chamber, a gate In testimony whereof I aiix my signature J in presence of two Witnesses.

Y CHARLES W. WARD.

:Witnesses C. T. HARRING'roN, MARGARET WARD. 

